By Truan                                              S.B. No. 1328
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to a school district's entitlement to compensatory
 1-3     education allotments under the school finance system.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Sections 42.152(a) and (b), Education Code, are
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  A district is entitled to:
 1-8                 (1)  an annual allotment equal to the adjusted basic
 1-9     allotment multiplied by 0.2 for each student who:
1-10                       (A)  is educationally disadvantaged;
1-11                       (B)  does not have a disability and resides in a
1-12     residential placement facility in a district in which the student's
1-13     parent or legal guardian does not reside;
1-14                       (C)  is enrolled in the state Medicaid program
1-15     under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code; or
1-16                       (D)  is enrolled in the state child health plan
1-17     program under Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code; and
1-18                 (2)  an annual allotment equal to the adjusted basic
1-19     allotment multiplied by 2.41 [For each student who is educationally
1-20     disadvantaged or who is a student who does not have a disability
1-21     and resides in a residential placement facility in a district in
1-22     which the student's parent or legal guardian does not reside, a
1-23     district is entitled to an annual allotment equal to the adjusted
1-24     basic allotment multiplied by 0.2, and by 2.41] for each full-time
 2-1     equivalent student who is in a remedial and support program under
 2-2     Section 29.081 because the student is pregnant.
 2-3           (b)  For purposes of this section:
 2-4                 (1) [,]  the number of educationally disadvantaged
 2-5     students is determined by averaging the best six months' enrollment
 2-6     in the national school lunch program of free or reduced-price
 2-7     lunches for the preceding school year; and
 2-8                 (2)  the number of students enrolled in the state
 2-9     Medicaid program or the state child health plan program is:
2-10                       (A)  determined based on voluntary disclosure of
2-11     a student's enrollment in one of those programs by the student or
2-12     the student's parent and provision by the student or parent of any
2-13     supporting documentation required by the commissioner; or
2-14                       (B)  determined in another manner determined by
2-15     the commissioner that complies with any federal or state
2-16     confidentiality requirements applicable to those programs.
2-17           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.